CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A fledgling New Hampshire program that gives businesses a tax credit for donating to scholarship organizations to send students to private or public schools is under assault on two fronts.

Three civil liberties groups sued earlier this month to block the program as unconstitutional and now legislators will consider repealing it.

The House Ways and Means Committee is holding a hearing Thursday on the bill to repeal the tax credit law passed last summer.

The total amount of tax credits that could be issued the first year is $3.4 million but so far only about $120,000 has been pledged toward scholarships for next school year. The Network for Educational Opportunity has been approved to award scholarships and Executive Director Kate Baker said Tuesday she has 260 applicants.